Popoloca languages explained

Popoloca
Region:Puebla, Mexico
Date:2020 census
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Oto-Manguean
Fam2:Popolocan
Fam3:Chocho–Popoloca
Glotto:popo1294
Glottorefname:Popolocan
Child1:Eastern
Child2:Central/Western
Map:Otomanguean Languages.png
Mapcaption:The Popoloca languages, number 6 (purple), center.

Popoloca is an indigenous Mexican cluster of languages of the Popolocan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family, closely related to Mazatec. They are spoken by 17,000 people[1] in Puebla state, Mexico, near Tehuacán.

Languages

The Ethnologue distinguishes seven varieties of Popoloca as separate languages. However, these fall into four groups with 75% mutual intelligibility or greater.

Notes and References

  1. http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/hipertexto/todas_lenguas.htm Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020